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Q: I am on a business trip for half of the month, and when I am not on a business trip, I almost always work from home, but today is the first time in a while for me to go to the office to do some paperwork.
I heard that they have recently started to keep coffee and snacks in the office.
I think it is good that I can refresh myself with such things in my windowless room.
As I work from home, I think it is a waste of time to go to the office.
In my case, since I work alone, there are not many advantages to going to the office.
I feel that I don't want to go back to Japan because it will be based on going to the office.
Since I have become accustomed to life in the U.S., I am worried that I will not be able to endure the commuter trains in Japan.
I think I will try to start work early in the morning and shift my commuting time with other people. Does this sound natural?
A: × I am on a business trip for half of the month, and when I am not on a business trip, I almost always work from home, but today is the first time in a while for me to go to the office to do some paperwork.
✓ I usually go on business trips for most of the month and when I am not on a business trip, I almost always work from home. That is why today is the first time in a while I'll have to go to the office and do some paperwork.

× I heard that they have recently started to keep coffee and snacks in the office.
✓ I heard that they have recently started keeping coffee and snacks in the office.

× I think it is good that I can refresh myself with such things in my windowless room.
✓ I think it is a great way to refresh myself, while working in my windowless room.

× As I work from home, I think it is a waste of time to go to the office.
✓ I'm used to working from home and think it's a waste of time to go to the office.

× In my case, since I work alone, there are not many advantages to going to the office.
✓ Because in my case, since I work alone, there are not many advantages to going to the office.

× I feel that I don't want to go back to Japan because it will be based on going to the office.
✓ I don't really want to go back to Japan, because then I'll be forced to work at the office again.

× Since I have become accustomed to life in the U.S., I am worried that I will not be able to endure the commuter trains in Japan.
✓ As I have become accustomed to life in the U.S., I am worried that I will not be able to endure the commuter trains in Japan.

× I think I will try to start work early in the morning and shift my commuting time with other people.
✓ I think I will try starting work early in the mornings and shift my commuting time with other people.

I tried to polish the sentences a little bit so that it sounds more natural (some of the changes are just personal preferences). The most confusing part was the first sentence, as it was this really long structure that didn't make sense to me, and also the last one. I don't really understand what you mean by 'shift my commuting time with other people' so maybe rephrase that.
Otherwise it was nice :D

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